RE: [DMCForum] Re: Stud Extraction

["Travis Goodwin" <tgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I saw both of those. The larger type I saw. They are available everywhere.

I am still looking for the gripping type that you are talking about here.
Did you find those at Sears as well?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cruznmd [mailto:racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:22 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Stud Extraction
> 
> Go to Napa or Sears. They have a stud extractor that I used for my
> exhaust studs. None of them broke and they were bad.
> 
> It looks like a large, thick, silver disk (a little larger than a
> silver dollar and about as thick as 7 or 10 of them) with a ratchet
> fitting on the edge of the disk. Inside of the main disk, is a
> slightly smaller disk that pivots at the ratchet point. This thing
> grabs the stud by a broad area, not just one tiny point that will
> snap. By grabbing such a large amount of the stud, it spreads the
> force over the whole thing.
> 
> I used that but 2 of the studs were in a spot that didn't facilitate
> ratchet swing room. For those, I used a different type. These are
> black steel caps with teeth. You hammer them on to the end of the
> stud. They WILL grip and not slip if you hammer them on far enough.
> Then you slap the right size wrench on them and the stud comes out.
> Not as nice because it does tend to put a lot of pressure on less
> area than the other one.
> 
> I still have one head to go. I hope these come out as well as the
> others.
> 



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